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recently called for john boehner's overthrow by other conservatives in the house. more unink hadded jim demint without having to worry about being a senator is incredibly paralyzing for the republican party. jon: he says he fields he can wield more influence as head of the heritage foundation as he can as a united states senator. here's what he told our bret baier. >> i think i'm in a more powerful position than a single united states senator. i wouldn't feel good about leaving if we didn't have so many new bright young conservatives now in the senate but it's time that conservatives take control of our message and let americans know what we can do to make their lives better. republicans hadn't done that good of a job as a party doing that. jon: he spoke about conservatives, monica, not necessarily republicans. he seemed to be aiming his ire at both parties but republican as well. >> as well he should because the republican establishment for many decades, but now even more recently on the fiscal cliff, they seem to be willing to go down that road of big government,
recently called for john boehner's overthrow by other conservatives in the house. more unink hadded jim demint without having to worry about being a senator is incredibly paralyzing for the republican party. jon: he says he fields he can wield more influence as head of the heritage foundation as he can as a united states senator. here's what he told our bret baier. >> i think i'm in a more powerful position than a single united states senator. i wouldn't feel good about leaving if we...
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speaker boehner is in his home state of ohio today. the house gop leadershipship put out a statement yesterday saying the house has passed legislation extending existing tax cuts and putting -- delaying putting off some spending cuts and replacing them with other spending cuts, and they're urging the senate to do the same. jon? jon: molly henneberg there at the white house where we are getting down to the wire. thank you. for more on the efforts to keep the economy from heading over the cliff and the likelihood of reaching some kind of a deal in time, let's talk with susan -- [inaudible] chief congressional correspondent for the washington examiner. what are the chances here, susan? >> hi, jon. i think at this point we're just simply running out of time. we have only got a few days left. they're so far apart on what an agreement would look like. even if they weren't going to put together a comprehensive deal which everybody agrees there's simply not enough time for. if they were trying to get something together that would stop the tax
speaker boehner is in his home state of ohio today. the house gop leadershipship put out a statement yesterday saying the house has passed legislation extending existing tax cuts and putting -- delaying putting off some spending cuts and replacing them with other spending cuts, and they're urging the senate to do the same. jon? jon: molly henneberg there at the white house where we are getting down to the wire. thank you. for more on the efforts to keep the economy from heading over the cliff...
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president obama and house speaker john boehner speaking today about what is needed to avoid a potential economic crisis in january. >>> an ohio teen sentenced in a deadly plot to lure victims with phony job offers on craig's list. >>> silent killers of superstorm sandy d the threat of carbon monoxide exposure, dangers from downed power lines and contaminated water. it is all "happening now." jon: iran uping the stakes with the standoff over the west on its nuclear program. a good friday morning to you. i'm jon scott. >> i'm jamie colby. good to have you here. i'm in for jenna lee today. talk about happening now, there is lot happening this hour. let's start with this. iranian warplanes opening fire an unarmed u.s. drone? the pentagon said it was flying over the gulf. that international waters. fortunately the drone was not damaged. jon: all this as the you know announce as fresh round of new diplomatic talks with iran next month. national security correspondent jennifer griffin live at the pentagon with more on this. this happened november 1st. why are we hearing about it now? >> report
president obama and house speaker john boehner speaking today about what is needed to avoid a potential economic crisis in january. >>> an ohio teen sentenced in a deadly plot to lure victims with phony job offers on craig's list. >>> silent killers of superstorm sandy d the threat of carbon monoxide exposure, dangers from downed power lines and contaminated water. it is all "happening now." jon: iran uping the stakes with the standoff over the west on its nuclear...
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was defering speaker boehner to give the republican side. after hearing senator reid yesterday, senator mcconnell fired back. take a listen. >> we're coming up against a hard deadline here and i said, this is a conversation we should had months ago. and republicans aren't about to write a blank check for anything senate democrats put forward just because we find ourselves at the edge of the cliff. >> reporter: now senator mcconnell also said he was disappointed because when he got a call from the president two nights ago right before the president left hawaii to come back here to the white house, senator mcconnell says that was the first time he heard from any democrat, president, senator reid, nancy pelosi, anybody in about a month in terms of talking about the fiscal cliff. so everyone has sort of delayed really facing all of th up against the deadline now, jon. jon: that seems clear. ed henry at the white house there. ed, thank you. stay on it for us. for more on this let's bring in the editor of "campaigns & elections" magazine, shane de
was defering speaker boehner to give the republican side. after hearing senator reid yesterday, senator mcconnell fired back. take a listen. >> we're coming up against a hard deadline here and i said, this is a conversation we should had months ago. and republicans aren't about to write a blank check for anything senate democrats put forward just because we find ourselves at the edge of the cliff. >> reporter: now senator mcconnell also said he was disappointed because when he got a...
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boehner would do a million. they compromise at 750,000 or 500,000. that there would be a split, split it half, meet halfway. i just don't think that's going to happen. i think both sides mean it. it will not get past the senate. the president means he will veto it. part of that, jon, he has said over, he has run now twice, saying he would raise taxes on those making over 250,000 or more. and he seems to, i think, he thinks i won the election. i problem missed, that was the promise and that's where i'm going to draw the line. even he moved above that but i don't think it will go to a million, not where john boehner is. jon: you well know, a lot of folks in suburban, new york, long island, people decidedly not in white-collar job, two income couples earning a quarter of a million dollars a year, they are not in the millionaire and billionaire category and certainly don't thing themselves wealthy by any stretch of the imagination. how does the president sell a tax increase on that group? >> you're exactly right, jon. that is where chuck schumer, represe
boehner would do a million. they compromise at 750,000 or 500,000. that there would be a split, split it half, meet halfway. i just don't think that's going to happen. i think both sides mean it. it will not get past the senate. the president means he will veto it. part of that, jon, he has said over, he has run now twice, saying he would raise taxes on those making over 250,000 or more. and he seems to, i think, he thinks i won the election. i problem missed, that was the promise and that's...
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we have been so focused on the house, speaker boehner, plan. about, plan b falling apart. now speaker boehner is pointing towards the senate and the white house is pointing towards the senate as a place where we might get bipartisan cooperation. they think they have 10 republican votes for some kind of a plan that the president would propose that democrats in republicans in the senate could get together on and then ask speaker boehner to have a vote on it in the house. that could be a problem for speaker boehner because he could get a bill passed with that splits his republican caucus and puts in danger his re-election as speaker on january 3rd. kelly: that is a lot of talk going around in circles in washington right now. you're very optimistic something can be done but on the other hand there are several economist, juan, that predict indeed we'll go over the fiscal cliff and the inaction of congress has the potential of plunging the united states into another recession. that said, they can't afford to becoming a reality. >> so far they have been very fortunate that the ma
we have been so focused on the house, speaker boehner, plan. about, plan b falling apart. now speaker boehner is pointing towards the senate and the white house is pointing towards the senate as a place where we might get bipartisan cooperation. they think they have 10 republican votes for some kind of a plan that the president would propose that democrats in republicans in the senate could get together on and then ask speaker boehner to have a vote on it in the house. that could be a problem...
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so john boehner is in a very difficult spot. we've seen some movement that republicans are willing to put some tax revenue on it, but as boehner said over the weekend, he's not going to raise tax rates. and obama is insisting on that. so i don't think you're going to get, see any type of deal this week when congress comes back. there'll be more leverage games, and we're going to probably go deep into december raising the question, are we going to get a deal? jenna: what do you think? >> i think eventually they are going to get a deal, but i think it'll probably be a two-step process where they get some type of down payment on tax reform and then do something larger in the new year with the new congress being sworn in. so, but how do you do that, how do you have one-step process? i think you've got to have the parameters of what you're going to do next year now. boehner does not want a huge deal in the lame duck. he says that the new congress should be in session when you're going to do this, the newly-elected people. so it's goi
so john boehner is in a very difficult spot. we've seen some movement that republicans are willing to put some tax revenue on it, but as boehner said over the weekend, he's not going to raise tax rates. and obama is insisting on that. so i don't think you're going to get, see any type of deal this week when congress comes back. there'll be more leverage games, and we're going to probably go deep into december raising the question, are we going to get a deal? jenna: what do you think? >> i...
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boehner has a job to do. it is a party divided. you have the tea partiers who are ultraconservative. they don't want to give up their conservative values. and then you have the more moderates in the party and boehner needs to lead and maybe cut some deals on the side with more conservative members. jon: we're looking at him in that press event yesterday where he suggested that the republicans would be open to perhaps more revenue, chris, if there is some kind of major overhaul of the tax code. would democrats go along with that? >> again, i think that is definitely a pblt but, i think people need to understand that elections have consequences. the president, you know, ran on raising taxes on those making more than 250. if you look at the exit polls, the american people supported that position. so it is going to be very difficult i think with a straight face for boehner or the republicans to go into negotiations with either senator reid or the president to say, we don't want to raise taxes on the top 3%. >> but chris -- >> i don't k
boehner has a job to do. it is a party divided. you have the tea partiers who are ultraconservative. they don't want to give up their conservative values. and then you have the more moderates in the party and boehner needs to lead and maybe cut some deals on the side with more conservative members. jon: we're looking at him in that press event yesterday where he suggested that the republicans would be open to perhaps more revenue, chris, if there is some kind of major overhaul of the tax code....
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jenna: so that's senator durbin responding to also what congressman boehner, speaker boehner said last hour. we brought that to you live as well. there's a lot of back and forth about what's happening in congress right now, where are we with the fiscal cliff negotiations based on these two pressers, it's fair to say probably not close to a negotiation. watch it, by the way, streaming at foxnews.com live, so you can check out for that. now we have a rare opportunity for you. just coming in to us on the newsroom, we have a phoner from aleppo, syria. a friend of the show, we've talked to him before when he came back stateside is in aleppo right now, and he's going to tell us a little bit about what's happening on the ground. barak, can you describe what's happening in that city? >> basically, the rebels hold part of the city, and the regime holds the other part of the city, and the regime shells -- [inaudible] you hear jets in the sky. and it's very, very difficult right now for the civilians to lead a regular life. one man told me today he -- [inaudible] 20 days. people respect having, a
jenna: so that's senator durbin responding to also what congressman boehner, speaker boehner said last hour. we brought that to you live as well. there's a lot of back and forth about what's happening in congress right now, where are we with the fiscal cliff negotiations based on these two pressers, it's fair to say probably not close to a negotiation. watch it, by the way, streaming at foxnews.com live, so you can check out for that. now we have a rare opportunity for you. just coming in to us...
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boehner said let's see what the senate can do. we saw senator reid and mitch mcconnell try to get a deal, that failed. now mcconnell and biden who have a very good relationship. they worked on extending the tax breaks in 2010 they are trying it. the clock is ticking. the public is going to have to read this bill and members will demand that they read this bill before they vote on it and that's why we will go over the fiscal cliff. >> great to have you here today. i know the clock is ticking. i know you're watching it closely. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. gregg. jon: a new report on the terror attack on our consulate in libya. who they are blaming for the deaths of four americans including our ambassador. a french court says goodbye to that country's controversial 75% tax rate on the wealthy. don't you wish you were living in france? what that means for the socialist government of that country as it vows to continue squeezing the rich. new prilosec otc wildberry is the same frequent heartburn treatment as plosec
boehner said let's see what the senate can do. we saw senator reid and mitch mcconnell try to get a deal, that failed. now mcconnell and biden who have a very good relationship. they worked on extending the tax breaks in 2010 they are trying it. the clock is ticking. the public is going to have to read this bill and members will demand that they read this bill before they vote on it and that's why we will go over the fiscal cliff. >> great to have you here today. i know the clock is...
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speaker boehner is saying that there is a lack of recognition in his opinion by the white house about how serious the spending problem that we do have in this country. he wants the spending cuts on the table. charles payne is with us from the fox business network. he is ceo of w street.com. not specific about what spending cuts and where they would come from, charles. in an ideal world where would we cut spending? >> in ideal world you cut spending and sacred cows. it would have to be medicare, social security and medicaid and it would have to be series of reforms made. now listen, we've seen this has gone on for a long time, jenna. the notion that perhaps we would do dramatic tax increases now with the promise of spending cuts 10 to 20 years down road, i'm sure that was the first salvo but republicans certainly drawn a line there. because that never materialized. the general public knows this. i think the stock market knows that. also i think i'm a little concerned about this framework because essentially what they're talking about is kicking the can down the road yet another year. m
speaker boehner is saying that there is a lack of recognition in his opinion by the white house about how serious the spending problem that we do have in this country. he wants the spending cuts on the table. charles payne is with us from the fox business network. he is ceo of w street.com. not specific about what spending cuts and where they would come from, charles. in an ideal world where would we cut spending? >> in ideal world you cut spending and sacred cows. it would have to be...
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jon: to the fiscal cliffhanger on capitol hill as the president and house speaker boehner say they're keeping open the lines of communication one day after meeting to discuss the ongoing negotiations aimed at stopping the combination of automatic tax increases and spending cuts set to kick in less than four weeks from now. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live on capitol hill for us. three weeks from the end of the year, mike. any signs of progress? >> reporter: jon, it is hard to tell we know the president and the speaker of the house met privately yesterday and as we mentioned both sides say the lines of communication are open but they are not giving out any details of what was discussed or any readout of the meeting. that may be a good sign. the previous meeting was on camera. this one face-to-face privately at the white house and so perhaps they had a chance to roll up their sleeves and get into some of the tough details in terms of finding a deal on the fiscal cliff. this morning a leading republican said any deal should include the major drivers of our debt. >> the
jon: to the fiscal cliffhanger on capitol hill as the president and house speaker boehner say they're keeping open the lines of communication one day after meeting to discuss the ongoing negotiations aimed at stopping the combination of automatic tax increases and spending cuts set to kick in less than four weeks from now. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live on capitol hill for us. three weeks from the end of the year, mike. any signs of progress? >> reporter: jon, it is...
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house speaker john boehner saying no progress has been made in negotiations. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill now. what are the republican complaints, mike, and how are they pushing back at the president? >> reporter: senator john john cornyn who is a member of the rupp leadership says he thinks president obama wants to go over the fiscal cliff by proposing higher taxes, no spending cuts and no plans to save entitlements. with president obama going to pennsylvania today, the house republican whip, kevin mccarthy's office put out a video profiling a small business nearby in pennsylvania that would get hurt by a tax hike. >> i'm jerry gorsky from an engineering company. however good or bad we do is my income. this notion of $250,000 being top 2% or the wealthy people in america ignores the way most small businesses work in america. >> reporter: i mentioned president obama is going out on the trail, if you will in pennsylvania to sell his arguments. one would expect we would hear some sort of response from speaker john boehner after that. jon. jon: what are t
house speaker john boehner saying no progress has been made in negotiations. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill now. what are the republican complaints, mike, and how are they pushing back at the president? >> reporter: senator john john cornyn who is a member of the rupp leadership says he thinks president obama wants to go over the fiscal cliff by proposing higher taxes, no spending cuts and no plans to save entitlements. with president obama going to pennsylvania today, the house...
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house speaker john boehner weighs in. >> we have a real challenge. we have 50 of our members in tough races. 89 freshmen running for their first re-election. >> that is a lot. >> and we have 32 districts that are in states where there is no presidential campaign going to be run, no big senate race. jon: much more of the speaker's, exclusive interview with fox in a live report from capitol hill. >>> plus another big scandal looming in the nfl. what the general manager of the new orleans saints is now accused doing to rival coaches. our legal panel tackles this controversy next. [ kyle ] my bad. [ roger ] tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ kyle with voice of dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some cut-rate policy. [ kyle ] nope, i've got... [ kyle with voice of dennis ] ...the allstate value plan. it's their most affordable car insurance -- and you still get an allstate agent. i too have...[ roger with voice of dennis ]...allstate. [ roger ] same agent and everything. [ kyle ] it's like we're connected. no we're not.
house speaker john boehner weighs in. >> we have a real challenge. we have 50 of our members in tough races. 89 freshmen running for their first re-election. >> that is a lot. >> and we have 32 districts that are in states where there is no presidential campaign going to be run, no big senate race. jon: much more of the speaker's, exclusive interview with fox in a live report from capitol hill. >>> plus another big scandal looming in the nfl. what the general manager...
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house speaker john boehner inc insists his offer is the best one on the table calling it a credible plan that deserves serious consideration by the white house. jenna: mike emanuel is with us. certainly a challenge to find this ideal plan. what is holding it up. >> reporter: the chairman of the senate budget committee wants a large come proceed hence i have deal in the range of $5 trillion and says a grand bargain can get done if everybody kaoels cool and doesn't overreact to every valley over the net. he this is a camp david-style summit might help things move around. a senate republican told greta van susteren it's time to be honest about retirement benefits. >> you and i need to pay a little more into the system because we can afford it. that is the kind of entitlement reform we need. >> reporter: that gets older americans and their groups all worked up thinking you could be messing with their benefits. jenna: a hot toeupb hot topic, and taxes. it seems they need to have some sort of increase in taxes. how does that play out. >> reporter: the statement from the white house said until
house speaker john boehner inc insists his offer is the best one on the table calling it a credible plan that deserves serious consideration by the white house. jenna: mike emanuel is with us. certainly a challenge to find this ideal plan. what is holding it up. >> reporter: the chairman of the senate budget committee wants a large come proceed hence i have deal in the range of $5 trillion and says a grand bargain can get done if everybody kaoels cool and doesn't overreact to every valley...
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he likes john boehner but he would like to see nancy pelosi back as speaker of the house. we'll continue to keep an eye on the vice president's comments and let you know what else he has to say. >>> meantime a warning for just about everyone about a rise in crimes across the country involving the very popular website craig's list. we'll tell you about that. plus, a pony on the run. how police were able to finally calm this little guy down after, well, quite a roundup. ♪ . when you have diabetes... your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabetes. that's why there's new glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and they have 6 grams of sugars. with 15 grams of protein to help manage hunger... look who's getting smart about her weight. [ male announcer ] new glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes. jenna: right now a nationwide morning about so-called robberies by appointment.
he likes john boehner but he would like to see nancy pelosi back as speaker of the house. we'll continue to keep an eye on the vice president's comments and let you know what else he has to say. >>> meantime a warning for just about everyone about a rise in crimes across the country involving the very popular website craig's list. we'll tell you about that. plus, a pony on the run. how police were able to finally calm this little guy down after, well, quite a roundup. ♪ . when you...
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i thought obama-care according to john boehner was the law of the land. now he wants to put it on the chopping block? >> there are lots of laws on the land that have to be considered. we have to move beyond the typical washington show game and take a few bills. if we want to cut the budget deficit we have to look at everything that's been passed and make decisions against each of those. if obama-care is the most important policy considered its survives. if there are other things being considered it doesn't survive. that's the only way to approach cliff that's running out very quickly. rick: if there is a deal spending cuts have to be put on the table and obama-care cost a lot of money. >> that's not true. it cuts the deficit in a 10-year period and even more so over 20 years. john boehner said in his own op-ed that he tried two different ways to get rid of obama-care, going to the supreme court and in the election. they tried 33 times to repeal obama-care in the congress and failed all 33 times. the bottom line is now we have obama-care. it is the law of
i thought obama-care according to john boehner was the law of the land. now he wants to put it on the chopping block? >> there are lots of laws on the land that have to be considered. we have to move beyond the typical washington show game and take a few bills. if we want to cut the budget deficit we have to look at everything that's been passed and make decisions against each of those. if obama-care is the most important policy considered its survives. if there are other things being...
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in the meantime house speaker john boehner is nod holding back either. he is connecting the white house to the scandal, pointing to how president obama invoked executive privilege to keep justice department documents away from investigators. >> the decision to invoke executive privilege is an admission that white house officials were involved in decisions that misled the congress and have covered up the truth. jenna: well this whole investigation began following the death of border patrol agent brian terry. two guns found at the scene of his murder in 2010 were linked to the "fast and furious" program. here is white house press secretary jay carney. >> we absolutely agree with the need to find out the truth about why fast and furious happened, why the tactic that, again, was employed in the previous administration in a different operations and was stopped by this attorney general, why it came about. and that's why the attorney general refer it to inspector general. that is why we have provided congress every document that pertains to the operation itself
in the meantime house speaker john boehner is nod holding back either. he is connecting the white house to the scandal, pointing to how president obama invoked executive privilege to keep justice department documents away from investigators. >> the decision to invoke executive privilege is an admission that white house officials were involved in decisions that misled the congress and have covered up the truth. jenna: well this whole investigation began following the death of border patrol...
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and the hard truth is speaker boehner has a difficult task. i believe that he will succeed in bringing his conference around. >> reporter: so a bit of optimism from a leading house democrat there, jon. jon: optimism is in short supply these days. we'll take all of it that we can get i guess. mike emanuel, thanks. >> reporter: thank you, jon. jenna: we're following breaking developments in michigan where governor rick snyder signed two bills into law last night making michigan the 24th right-to-work state. the laws ban unions requiring workers to pay dues or when hired pay equivalent of the dues. here is governor snyder from a news conference last night. >> i view this as an opportunity to stand up for michigan's workers, to be pro-worker, to say here opportunity to give workers a choice, the freedom to choose who they associate with and whether they pay financial dollars to organizations they may not believe are serving their best interests. hopefully those organizations are, and they see value and sign up and pay those dollars. but if they do
and the hard truth is speaker boehner has a difficult task. i believe that he will succeed in bringing his conference around. >> reporter: so a bit of optimism from a leading house democrat there, jon. jon: optimism is in short supply these days. we'll take all of it that we can get i guess. mike emanuel, thanks. >> reporter: thank you, jon. jenna: we're following breaking developments in michigan where governor rick snyder signed two bills into law last night making michigan the...
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rick: what's the takeaway for speaker boehner? making a deal last night with harry reid to keep the government up and running for another six months, a lot of tea partiers not happy with that deal. but what do you think is the takeaway here for the speaker as he tries to cobble together some votes to get stuff passed in the house? >> look, as long as you have people in the legislative bodies trying to sort of cobble together legislation that can actually get this sort of thing, this sort of upheaval is going to be immensely painful. and i don't, i would not want to be john boehner right now as he's trying to sort of cobble together some of this stuff. but i still think that in the end it's a good thing. you know, on the democratic side, you know, you don't see the sort of introspection, you don't see the sort of house cleaning, saying, hey, we're getting away from our principles. they're playing the exact same politics that has sort of deadlocked washington for years, and i think brought about a lot of the problems that, you know,
rick: what's the takeaway for speaker boehner? making a deal last night with harry reid to keep the government up and running for another six months, a lot of tea partiers not happy with that deal. but what do you think is the takeaway here for the speaker as he tries to cobble together some votes to get stuff passed in the house? >> look, as long as you have people in the legislative bodies trying to sort of cobble together legislation that can actually get this sort of thing, this sort...
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haster and john boehner are here to stop that from happening. jenna: a race we should certainly watch. thank you. jon: interesting statistics in the latest gallop poll it shows governor romney surging ahead of president obama among likely voters. in the first week of october the candidates were tied 48-48. by the second week governor romney was ahead by two points, 49-47. now the latest numbers show governor romney up by six points 51-45. so with his support slipping president obama rushed from their second debate back to the campaign trail, attacking his opponent yesterday this iowa. >> owe, iowa, you know, everybody here has heard of the new deal? you've heard of the fair deal? you've heard of the square deal? mitt romney is trying to sell you a sketchy deal. jon: let's talk about it with bob cusack, managing editor of "the hill." i'm curious about that language. sketchy deal, what is supposed to be catchy about that? >> he's trying to portray mitt romney as not credible. you can't take him seriously. the debate performance he had in the first
haster and john boehner are here to stop that from happening. jenna: a race we should certainly watch. thank you. jon: interesting statistics in the latest gallop poll it shows governor romney surging ahead of president obama among likely voters. in the first week of october the candidates were tied 48-48. by the second week governor romney was ahead by two points, 49-47. now the latest numbers show governor romney up by six points 51-45. so with his support slipping president obama rushed from...
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house speaker john boehner also said this is just a disaster. take a listen. >> another month of dispint oing job gains -- disappointing job gains. it's pretty clear that the american people are hurting, small businesses continue to avert hiring any additional people, and it's clear that the policies that we've seen are not working. >> reporter: and this is why one of the president's top advisers told me earlier this week the white house is going to be bracing every month now as we get these jobs reports between now and november for that number because it could really set the tone of the campaign. if they're able to turn it around in the months ahead, this summer, for example, the president could make the case that it's slow, but we're turning the corner. another month like this, say next month or the month after, it's going to be very hard for him to make that case, and it's going to help mitt romney out on the trail saying he wants to fix all this. jon: and even some of the previous month's numbers were revised downwards, so even looking in th
house speaker john boehner also said this is just a disaster. take a listen. >> another month of dispint oing job gains -- disappointing job gains. it's pretty clear that the american people are hurting, small businesses continue to avert hiring any additional people, and it's clear that the policies that we've seen are not working. >> reporter: and this is why one of the president's top advisers told me earlier this week the white house is going to be bracing every month now as we...
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a statement from house speaker john boehner red quote, today's report shows that families and small businesses are still struggling to get by because of president obama's failed economic policies. i want to also bet you know if you're looking for a job where you might be able to find one. manufacturing is still on fire right now in this country, up 37,000 jobs last month. leisure and hospitality was up 39,000. healthcare continues to grow up about 26,000. finance, mainly banking up 15,000. sectors that lost jobs, 34 jobs cut in retail. construction was down 7,000. and temp workers, a lot of folks have been going to temps to try to find jobs but they cut 7500 jobs last month. jenna. jenna: interesting break down for us, peter thanks so much. jon: new information now on a ship scuttled to the bottom of the sea. the u.s. coast guard opening fire on a japanese pwhroez ship drifting since the deadly tsunami last year. greg jarrett is following that story. >> reporter: the ghost ship as it is calls is resting in davie jones locker, the bottom of the see, or more accurately at the bottom of the gulf
a statement from house speaker john boehner red quote, today's report shows that families and small businesses are still struggling to get by because of president obama's failed economic policies. i want to also bet you know if you're looking for a job where you might be able to find one. manufacturing is still on fire right now in this country, up 37,000 jobs last month. leisure and hospitality was up 39,000. healthcare continues to grow up about 26,000. finance, mainly banking up 15,000....
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moved a speaker john boehner moved a bill that would keep student loan interest rates at a low. that's not just a coincidence, that's coordination. jon: some people might see something nefarious at work here, that the campaign and the political powers on capitol hill are getting on the same page. is it? >> no, no. both sides do that. certainly, the white house has conference calls with democratic leaders, and so this is, i mean, the republicans have been just so fractured over the last 18 months. they had the bruising republican presidential primary, and this is an effort for congressional leaders to get behind mitt romney. now, are all republicans in congress going to get behind mitt romney? you know, i don't think so, but most of them will. jon: so are democrats doing the same kind of thing? >> yes. democrats do that, and they've been doing that for yearses, and that's normal practice for the party in power in the white house, to coordinate what they're doing. but this has stepped up on the republican side because, obviously, republicans hope their guy is in come january 2013.
moved a speaker john boehner moved a bill that would keep student loan interest rates at a low. that's not just a coincidence, that's coordination. jon: some people might see something nefarious at work here, that the campaign and the political powers on capitol hill are getting on the same page. is it? >> no, no. both sides do that. certainly, the white house has conference calls with democratic leaders, and so this is, i mean, the republicans have been just so fractured over the last 18...
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>> reporter: speaker john boehner said a few minutes ago it's just about dam time we have a new energy policy and do something about it. mitch mcconnell said the american people get this issue and criticized the president's policies. >> they get that we need to increase oil production right here at home. not simply rely on pipe dreams, pipe dreams like algae, or by wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on more failed, clean energy projects like solyndra, especially at a time when we are running trillion dollar deficits. we can't afford it. >> reporter: he blasted the president for holding up the keystone pipeline xl pipeline which he called a game changing domestic energy policy. jon: with all the heat he's taking what is he saying about it. >> reporter: we've heard the president call for an all the above approach. he says with only 2% of the world's oil reserves the u.s. cannot simply drill its way to lower prices. here is the president on this energy issue. >> while there are no short term silver bullets when it comes to gas prices. i've directed my administration to look for every si
>> reporter: speaker john boehner said a few minutes ago it's just about dam time we have a new energy policy and do something about it. mitch mcconnell said the american people get this issue and criticized the president's policies. >> they get that we need to increase oil production right here at home. not simply rely on pipe dreams, pipe dreams like algae, or by wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on more failed, clean energy projects like solyndra, especially at a time when we...
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house speaker john boehner writing a letter to the president, one sentence reading, quote, in the absence of your direct engagement to clarify these concerns the public's frustration and confusion is likely to discredit efforts to achieve our shared goals, of justice and accountability for the direct assault on american interests and for the deaths of four public servants. just this hour, we learned from our own jennifer griffin her sources say, cia agents on the ground there, during the attack asked for help, asked washington for help and were denied. our next guest says the administrations handling of the tragedy is creating a credibility problem for the president 11 days ahead of election. dan henninger, editorial director of "wall street journal" which is opened by the parent company of fox news. what is reaction latest breaking news of their denial for request of help? >> i think it is more bad news for the president, jenna. what i'm calling this is, barack obama's credibility gap. the credibility gap was something that occurred during the vietnam war when lipped done johnson was pre
house speaker john boehner writing a letter to the president, one sentence reading, quote, in the absence of your direct engagement to clarify these concerns the public's frustration and confusion is likely to discredit efforts to achieve our shared goals, of justice and accountability for the direct assault on american interests and for the deaths of four public servants. just this hour, we learned from our own jennifer griffin her sources say, cia agents on the ground there, during the attack...
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because he wants, i suppose, john boehner to be the picture that comes to mind when he challenges congress, the republican speaker of the house, but harry reid is running the senate, and he's a democrat. >> reporter: that's exactly right. and republicans have never failed to mention the fact that when the president says you must act, you must do this, that now it has been 1,000 and today 22 days 1-rbgs,022 days since the senate passed any kind of a budget, and that dates back to when there was supermajority control by democrats in both houses of congress and that the senate has, basically, gone into total gridlock. so the house is trying to get back on its preferred message and its preferred action which is passing legislation in the republican-controlled house and forcing votes or forcing declarations of inaction in the senate. jon: well, and there is a stack of legislation that the house has passed that's just sitting there waiting for action by the senate, and the senate won't take it up, right? >> reporter: right. and, you know, the senate does have a different role to play in all of t
because he wants, i suppose, john boehner to be the picture that comes to mind when he challenges congress, the republican speaker of the house, but harry reid is running the senate, and he's a democrat. >> reporter: that's exactly right. and republicans have never failed to mention the fact that when the president says you must act, you must do this, that now it has been 1,000 and today 22 days 1-rbgs,022 days since the senate passed any kind of a budget, and that dates back to when...
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house speaker john boehner is promising to try to repeal the law in its entirety. >> this has to be ripped out by its roots. this is government taking over the entire health insurance industry. the american people do not want to go down this path. jon: gretchen hamel is the executive director of public notice. chris cafinsa, former national communication director for john edwards presidential campaign. let's get a fair and balanced debate going here. gretchen, why are, the public opinion polls say only 6% of americans think that health care is the number one issue in this country. if people don't care about it that much, why is the white house and i guess democrats in general, why are they vowing to try to keep the law in place? >> well, they're vowing to keep the law in place because they feel like it is a plus for them. they feel like this is something the country wanted for a long time. they were able to deliver on it. it was the cornerstone of their two years in complete control but the truth of mat ther is the majority of americans don't like it. if you look at what the top issues are
house speaker john boehner is promising to try to repeal the law in its entirety. >> this has to be ripped out by its roots. this is government taking over the entire health insurance industry. the american people do not want to go down this path. jon: gretchen hamel is the executive director of public notice. chris cafinsa, former national communication director for john edwards presidential campaign. let's get a fair and balanced debate going here. gretchen, why are, the public opinion...
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. >> reporter: speaker john boehner will do a news conference in a couple of minutes. we may get a better sense of what timing he is thinking about. the house will go first. the house may vote tomorrow or saturday, but the top republican negotiator at this point is breathing a sigh of relief. >> i don't schedule the floor, so, you know, i'm going to let our leaders determine that, but, you know, my job is to try to bring this over the finish line, and i'm confident that we can get there. >> reporter: just moments ago house democratic leader nancy pelosi said that this bill contains the three key components that they needed, extending those issues, unemployment, the payroll tax and also the medicare doc fix, and she says it does so in a way that is acceptable to most democrats. jenna: we'll continue to watch it mike. thank you very much. late night for you and everything, we appreciate it. jon: maybe the democrats but not so much the doctors. the prosecution wrapped up its case, now it is the defense team's turn in the uva murder trial. our legal experts take a look at
. >> reporter: speaker john boehner will do a news conference in a couple of minutes. we may get a better sense of what timing he is thinking about. the house will go first. the house may vote tomorrow or saturday, but the top republican negotiator at this point is breathing a sigh of relief. >> i don't schedule the floor, so, you know, i'm going to let our leaders determine that, but, you know, my job is to try to bring this over the finish line, and i'm confident that we can get...
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he told a radio interviewer, i'll wash john boehner's car, i'll walk mitch mcconnell's dog. [laughter] >> you can't get much stronger language than that. and he said he's sure he can get a bipartisan grand bargain with republicans next year. well, you know, they came close to one in 2011, and then he sort of blew it up by demanding more in spending cuts and particularly in tax hikes than republicans would ever accept. so basically he's saying all these things i had an opportunity to do in my first term i promise to do in my second term -- jon: right. and monica crowley just pointed out he had democratic control of the house and senate for the first two years of his term. >> doctor indeed, he did. for instance -- indeed, he did. for instance, take obamacare. he went to great lengths not to be bipartisan. remember, he used reconciliation so he could get just a majority vote which would pass it in the senate. if he'd reached a bipartisan compromise with the republicans, the world would look completely different for the president now. and he had so many opportunities to be bipar
he told a radio interviewer, i'll wash john boehner's car, i'll walk mitch mcconnell's dog. [laughter] >> you can't get much stronger language than that. and he said he's sure he can get a bipartisan grand bargain with republicans next year. well, you know, they came close to one in 2011, and then he sort of blew it up by demanding more in spending cuts and particularly in tax hikes than republicans would ever accept. so basically he's saying all these things i had an opportunity to do in...
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. >> reporter: speaker john boehner says that the senate democrats never have come to the table with a pay for, an offset of new spending, so republicans clearly expressing frustration this morning with their democratic counterparts, jon. jon: what do the democrats say about where things stand? >> reporter: well, the democrats say this they feel like this is an emergency and this does not necessarily need to be paid for. they suggest if you want to pay for it, well then why not take the money from oil subsidies or in taxing millionaires more. here's more from a key house democrat, john larson, a few moments ago: >> we're being hostage to a conference that can't even agree itself on whether it's forward or not. >> reporter: so the payroll tax extension as it stands now is due to run out three weeks from tomorrow. negotiations seem kind of stuck at this point, jon. jon: and it could be stuck for a long time, or so it would seem. mike emanuel, keep an eye on it, thanks. >> thanks sir. jenna: jury selection is underway in a high profile very emotional case, of a promising athlete accused
. >> reporter: speaker john boehner says that the senate democrats never have come to the table with a pay for, an offset of new spending, so republicans clearly expressing frustration this morning with their democratic counterparts, jon. jon: what do the democrats say about where things stand? >> reporter: well, the democrats say this they feel like this is an emergency and this does not necessarily need to be paid for. they suggest if you want to pay for it, well then why not take...
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then it is up to speaker john boehner whether or not he wants to permit the entire house to vote on the citation of contempt. if he says yes and the vote is affirmative, then the house has voted to hold the attorney general in contempt. that alone has no legal ramifications whatsoever. ordinarily when the congress votes to hold someone in contempt the attorney general assigns a federal prosecutor to prosecute the person whom the congress has held in contempt. jenna: why? >> because contempt is a criminal act and one is only guilty of contempt after having been found guilty by a judge or jury. prior to that it is just political. so for a republican-dominated house committee and a republican-dominated house of representatives to hold him in contempt probably will not cause him any sleepless nights at all. the republicans did that to one of his predecessors, january neat reno. the full house didn't vote but the committee did. jenna: how long does it take, if the goal is to get the documents to solve a problem some republicans believe is a problem what is the timeline we're looking at? >> t
then it is up to speaker john boehner whether or not he wants to permit the entire house to vote on the citation of contempt. if he says yes and the vote is affirmative, then the house has voted to hold the attorney general in contempt. that alone has no legal ramifications whatsoever. ordinarily when the congress votes to hold someone in contempt the attorney general assigns a federal prosecutor to prosecute the person whom the congress has held in contempt. jenna: why? >> because...
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he eventually did come out for a simpson-bowles type solution when he and john boehner came this close to the big deal, but he was slow, and initial leadership may have helped. >> reporter: now simpson-bowles, of course, the president's own deficit commission, and in the end, he didn't endorse it. i think ed rendell's point was this was something the president had within his grasp and let it slip out, and that's going to be one of the issues that the president will be fighting it out with republican mitt romney. remember, in 2008 the president promised he'd cut the deficit in half during his first term. that has nod happened. jon: thankfully, no wusses in the white house press corps. [laughter] >> reporter: none here. you guys are both pretty tough. jon: we try to be. jenna: that was you on camera. there was not even a two shot there. jon: you're the triathlete girl. woman. [laughter] jenna: governor mitt romney is wrapping up his five-day bus tour of swing states, and he's wrapping up in the state of michigan where the presidential nominee was raised, where his father served as a popu
he eventually did come out for a simpson-bowles type solution when he and john boehner came this close to the big deal, but he was slow, and initial leadership may have helped. >> reporter: now simpson-bowles, of course, the president's own deficit commission, and in the end, he didn't endorse it. i think ed rendell's point was this was something the president had within his grasp and let it slip out, and that's going to be one of the issues that the president will be fighting it out with...